I don’t see a serious problem with this but then again I’m not Japanese. I don’t have conformity drilled into my brain since birth.
Renowned manga artist Kazuo Umezu (official web site) decided to go against the flow of his countrymen and painted red and white stripes on his new home. Rather fetching I say. His neighbors were not amused by his artistic antics and did what pissy neighbors do best, took him to court. After the case was reviewed by a judge the house was deemed to attract attention but not to destroy the view.
“Umezu, who attended court wearing a red-and-white striped tie, told reporters after the ruling, ‘‘I would like to live showing respect to others.’’”
Ha! Take that you repressed geezers!
Court turns down neighbors’ plea for cartoonist to remove stripes from house